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A former employer used to play the anthem in the shop every day at noon to signify the start for lunch.

I don't even want to think about 19-20 until we see what works and what doesn't work in 18-19.

Tom Wilson was everyone’s darling during the playoffs. He spent most of the season on the 3rd line IIRC, but spent time with Ovie in the playoffs and everyone raved about him. Those here that didn’t complain about his questionable hits wanted him or a guy just like him on our team. Now he’s just another 3rd liner.

They are like potato chips or a Snickers bar. Not much substance but satisfy a basic craving. They are fluffy, vapid entertainment. And that is exactly why I enjoy watching them.

Maybe the guy demanding a workout vid has a particular fetish. #notthathereisanythingwrongwiththat

I agree with the the annoying emo part. Not a teenager but seemed to be playing the emo teenager character. Poorly thought out IMO. I don't mind villans with flaws, I just thought this flaw was more annoying than anything else.

Same point, insert different name. If noone finds him credible how is he to blame for the hype?

The guy is near universally disliked and discredited on this board, yet a ton of board contributors were on that hype train. Yup. Harrington is to blame.

That does sound like a bad day. I don’t have a story to match that. How were the waves? Seems a bit breezy this morning for the big lakes. I canceled my plans because of the wind forecast. Tomorrow, however, is setting up nicely for a long day on the water. Low winds and the only storms predicted are in the later afternoon along the lake breeze zones that run parallel to the lakes a bit inland.

More invasives that our shipping industry has introduced..... something, something, political, sensoring myself...

Possibly. Might have a line on free tix up close.

Wow. What a pig. Noise among LO and StL anglers is that bass populations are down significantly, but size is way up. Speculation is not many fish survive the gobie onslaught to reach adulthood, but the ones that do gorge themselves on all the gobies and are reaching ridiculous sizes.

Too easy. And I wasn't sure which one I'd label as the O'Reilly Hole.

Is his status related to that window incident a couple months back, or is there something new?

So, what concerts are you attending?

Are you countering my point with that data? I see that data and I see my argument being supported. The key kids in that era were Miller, Roy, Vanek, Pominville. When they arrived Hecht, Briere, Drury, Grier, Teppo, and Lydman were here. Those are your key vets teaching your kids. McKee's rookie year was prior to our Cup run with Hasek, so leaving him out as a vet is odd. He was a leader by 05/06. Afinogenov was 5+ years into his pro career. Roy played his rookie season with Drury, Briere, Hecht, Dumont, Brown, Patrick, and Grier. So it's not like he didn't have the benefit of veteran leadership. Those kids were set up with alot of veterans around them right from the beginning of their NHL careers.

There is a busy gravel pit on a road that is part of my commute. Getting caught behind DOT dump trucks traveling under the speed limit as they are headed to/from the gravel pit is an every day occurrence. This morning I am behind a big dump truck doing about 20mph. Way slower than normal. I follow for about 1/2 mile before we reach a passing zone. I nose out to take a peek and there is no on coming traffic, so I hit the gas and swing out into the oncoming lane, fully committed to the pass now. And then I see the reason for the ultra slow speed. Another DOT vehicle. Up until that point I hadn't noticed that the center lines were unusually bright and crisp that morning. The front DOT vehicle was painting the center stripes on the road. I just crossed freshly laid, very wet, bright DOT yellow paint. Well, damage already done, and I'm committed anyways, I finished the pass and went on my way. Both sides of my Grand Cherokee are streaked with bright yellow DOT paint from it getting sprayed off my wheels. About to Google "removing DOT paint from your car". ?

I think the primary reason guys like Moulson were signed was to meet the cap floor. But he was also expect d to mentor our tankfruit as well. At the time he was signed, we weren’t going to get him for a 1 yr deal. I think French Collection has it right. The tank and subsequent hangover undermined what was supposed to be good mentorship.

I'll be at that show. Dark and Josie have tix. There should be a SS tailgate.....

There has to be 30 vultures circling right now.

Yeah, I don't know how we can judge this crop of vets just yet. IMO there are still questions there.

I agree. TM added vets. Not the right ones. But he did. My posting here has been more directed at those that constantly call for the vets to be jettisoned to bring more kids into the lineup. We don't need more kids in this lienup.

But they were added with them. The kids weren't left to flounder for several years before they were added. I stand by my point. You don't build a team with a mess of kids. You need vets to show the kids the way. Enough vets to make sure there isn't a locker room rift.

I don't think you are right. I think you need the vets already there when the kids show up. Just like the post Hasek rebuild.

The vets added were critical to the success of that team. Shows how important it is to infuse a young team with an equal number of solid veterans. Those kids never would have gone very far without that veteran presence.